Chapter 9 - Balance

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This image illustrates a type of balance when the elements of a design come out from a central point.

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Radial

Front

This portrait by Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Wedding, is an example of which type of balance? It is a type of formal balance but with small differences to make it more interesting.

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Approximate

Front

This principle of art is concerned with equalizing visual forces, or elements, in a work of art.

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Balance

Front

This image illustrates a dividing line that works like a point of balance in the balance scale.

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axis

Front

The type of balance that results when equal, or very similar, elements are placed on opposite sides of a central axis.

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Formal

Front

This image illustrates a balance of unlike objects. It is also referred to as asymmetrical balance.

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Informal

Front

This artwork is an example of this type of balance where two halves of a balanced composition are identical, mirror images of each other.

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Symmetry

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The visual forces in art are the art elements.

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True

Front

Which one of the choices is not considered as a factor in the visual balance of a work of art? (According to the textbook) Size and Contour, Color, Texture, Position, Clarity

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Clarity

Front

Which type of balance is used in this house pole by Arthur Shaughnessy?

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Symmetrical